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I am three weeks out, but at my two week post-op, I felt the same sharp pain, I had been walking around (on vacation), and all of a sudden, I had the sharpest pain on my left side, just under my largest incision, at first I thought it was my incision, and it was just irritated from my jeans rubbing against it during the drive and the walking, only to find the pain was coming from just under the incision. But it only happens every so often, not all the time, only if I have been sitting, laying in a position for too long or move the wrong way. But I am glad I am not the only one who feels like this!

Same here, I haven't had any pain really, just some pressure. I have been able to drink perfectly fine, all my water and all my shakes. My doctor want a BM by day three, so on day two I started Benefiber and Miralax, and then a little Phillips for an extra umph, did have diarrhea for the next several days any time I drank a protein shake, but it's getting better. I have had a little shoulder pain, but that's only because I have been using my arm to help me get up. Didn't not have ANY gas pains (doctor gave me Metzolov, which makes your organs contract a little faster, moving the gas through your system much more quickly), and I feel so bad for everyone who is having trouble drinking liquids, shakes, etc. Hang in there guys!

I am getting banded tomorrow, any advice???

Yeah, my doctor already gave me a medicine (Metzolov, i think is the one for nausea...I have like 10 prescribtions for this surgery, one for gas, nauseauosness, and more, the names are getting mixed up), I am supposed to take it before surgery so that the morphine doesn't make me sick, and he gave me dilaudid (because there is a shortage of Hydros), for pain management. I think my biggest fear is those damn staples in my stomach, I am so worried about poppin those! Thanks for all the advice!

I don't know why, I am not worried what so ever for the surgery except for the pain. I know it's not going to be as bad as I imagine it, and I know because I have had my gall bladder removed, and it was bad the first couple days only (and mostly because the anesthetics made me nauseous and I dry heaved and threw up), a lot of pain for me, but I just keep hearing that the port site is the worse, and it itches, and I don't tolerate pain that well to begin with. Not looking forward to the pain, and I, for some odd reason, don't like the idea of the permanent stitches in my stomach going around the band. I am grossed out by the thought, I am sure it doesn't hurt that much, but the idea just grosses me out (I have an extremely vivid imagination and am extremely empathetic to pain), and the idea...ugghhh...plus I am terrified of popping a stitch. My surgeon also puts a stitch in the tailbone area, I don't know if that's normal or not, but I am already creeped out by this and the idea of the feeling. :thumbup: I am excited to be put under, I do love anesthetics! Especially when they use the kind that drips into your I.V. and you feel the coldness creeping through your arms, legs, and all over! It is such a cool feeling. It's a good thing I have never tried drugs, because there is a good chance I would be an addict! So there's my silver lining...anesthetics :thumbup:

Thanks for all the suggestions! My husband is a terrible trigger, and I think he knows it. He is starting the P90x, so hopefully we will do better together!

Well, I was given a 5 day break off of my pre-op liquid diet, and I didn't do nearly as good off of it as I hoped I would have... Recap: Wednesday (two days before surgery), my surgeon's office called, we have to reschedule for the following week, not a big deal, but I was on day 9 of 10 day liquid diet. still wasn't going to complain because it's really not a big deal to me to have to do it a few days longer, but they gave me a 5 day break. In my five day break I was hoping to try and stay on track as best as possible, that was my goal. Wednesday I just stayed on my shakes. Thursday My mom was in town already to help for the surgery I was supposed to have on Friday, and decided to stay until the weekend. Luckily, she is a very healthy person, so it's easy to eat healthy around her. Anyway, I stay on my shakes on Thursday, except for dinner. She made a yummy baked chicken, corn on the cob, homemade bread, and steamed rice. Between my mom, daughter and I, we split one ear of corn, one 1/2 cup of cooked rice, and one chicken breast. I was very proud of myself. Friday, I stayed on the shakes for breakfast and lunch, but we had a back to school picnic at my daughter's school, and my mom had brought some teriyaki chicken, salad and rice. She and I shared the kid’s meal she brought :thumbup: Now when it starts getting bad....Friday Night, my husband and I went to a movie, something we rarely get to do. He decided to get the largest tub of popcorn available, which is 1) Extremely out of character for him, and 2) Something I don't particularly like (thankfully). But it just smelled so good, and I noticed myself taking many more handfuls than I had intended, but I definitely didn't go over a serving on it (again I don't like popcorn). Then we went to dinner, Applebee’s, one we hadn't tried in our new city yet, plus they have the 2/$20 deal. So we went, and on the deal menu, they don't have many choices, so we ended up with Mozzarella sticks and each had the Three Cheese Penne (Yeah I know bad choice). Well we could have split one, as we didn't finish the sticks (they were pretty nasty), and I didn't even come close to finishing my meal (Partly because they BURNED my chicken, and the pasta / sauce had been microwaved, and it was kind of disgusting). No dessert (one plus) Saturday, one of the local schools was having their annual fundraiser carnival, called Sausage Fest. My daughter and I split a hamburger and a small fry. But for dinner, my husband decided that he was craving pizza, and I am EASILY talked into pizza, I just asked that he order a small or a personal sized one, so I wouldn't over eat. So what did he order...a Medium! Why? Because it came free! Well I ended up having a slice or two more than I intended, but at least I didn't eat the whole thing! Between my daughter having a few pieces, and my husband had a few, there were a few still left in the box. Sunday, I made cupcakes. I limited it to two, and sent the rest with him to work for the week, but I, for who knows what reason, made popcorn, I DON"T LIKE POPCORN! Didn't eat very much of it because I remembered how much I really don't like it! So, back to today, Monday, I am back on my shakes only, hopefully I didn't spoil it to much this weekend that I get the headaches and hunger pains again. I tried really hard to limit how much of things I had, whether they were good or bad, but I definitely ate WAY more carbs that I intended! I have to say, that I was having pre-surgery jitters and starting to think/feel that maybe I can do this on my own, until I got off my diet for five days, I immediatly realized...I NEED THE BAND!!! Pre-surgery jitters are gone...at least in the aspect of if I really need this or not! :thumbup: (still nervous about the actual surgery, but who isn't!) If you suffered through this long blog, I applaud you! :thumbup:

I am sure you probably didn't do anyhting to damaging, just wouldn't recommend that you continue doing it. The hardest part is the first few days, with all the withdrawals and body changes. But at least you picked something high in protein if you are going to cheat. I remember my first night, I snuck a bite of pizza from my daughter's plate, chewed it, felt terrible about it, and spit it into the garabage. I think a lot of people have their moments of weekness and give in a little. Also, every doctor's office/practices are different, some wait until two days before the surgery to start the liquid diet, and others want you to go two plus weeks on it (like mine). It just depends I guess. But hang in there, it's gets better, I promise! You definitely get much more used to the "hungry" feeling.